josh brolin and diane lane is calling it ends. it was a tough year for josh bowl in, who was arrested for public intoxicate indication >> the president has said why don't we come together and try it augment the sequestration coming this way. eight days away, and he comes up with this. the president knows that the polls show that the american public, for some reason, sides with him on this. i think in a way he's trying to cover himself and say, look, i reached out, as he does a lot of interviews, national and local, to see if in fact he can get a deal. john boehner said i have an idea, why don't you call the democrats in the senate, get them to get us a proposal and we will deal with it because we've given you two ways in the house to augment this sequester and you have not taken up any. >> exactly. so the republicans said we came up with plans, we haven't heard from the president so the president called mr. bainer baid mr. mcconnell as well. the details were not released except to say it was a good conversation. then mr. carney tu